BeerSlayer

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I'm picking Aggie to take 2 out of 3, and yes, y'all will be sure to let us know about it. You guys have blue steel right now and we have some adjustments to make on the mound.

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The factor that no one knows right now is if the players will relax and play to their ability or be trying so hard they’ll be uptight and not play well. That’s what happened at the beginning of the season. The preseason #1 ranking and expectations were too much for them to handle and they failed miserably. Now they’re finally relaxing a bit and playing well. But this series is different and there are some serious grudges to be settled. That’s a dynamic no one can determine on how it will affect performance.

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I wouldn't call two scores a blowout, though. 9 of the 16 BCS championship games were decided by two scores or less. 5 of 10 in the CFP championship. You're never going to eliminate that due to the size and disparity of the college football landscape. But more games means more whittling down the pretenders. Makes for some bad football but hopefully better late round games. 4 wasn't enough but I'll never understand the jump right to twelve.

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Scoring margin has actually been more than my post indicated by mentioning 15 points.

22-28-17-28-15-58-21
That’s an average of 27 points for the 7 games decided by 15 points or more

The average point spread for all 10 games is 20

Even if you throw out the 58 point blowout it’s still an average of 15.8 points for the other 9 games.

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You do realize that pretty much no one has more money than SMU, so I don't know what you mean here.

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Booster wealth doesn’t necessarily equate to TV eyeballs for the networks.

Those 2 powderpuff games are home games. That’s a lot of revenue to give up.

SoS is going to be a factor when deciding. B10 and ACC overall are weak. So is ND.

Georgia 6
Bama 4
Ole Miss 63
LSU 9
Ags 23
Tennessee 32
Mizz 73
Texas 51

Ohio St 52
Oregon 40
Penn St 43
Indiana 91

Clemson 61
Miami 48
Pitt 65
SMU 58

BYU 29
Iowa St 38
Kan St 14
Colorado 16

ND 56

The tradition started when A&M was an all mens college and hasn’t changed. A&M has cheerleaders. And guess what? They’re all females. They just don’t attend the football games. The real irony here is that A&M doesn’t actually have male cheerleaders and the rest of the schools do.

They likely go 5-7

Didn’t take long for you to see the reality of playing in the SEC.

Especially since he’s still listed as a DB on the roster.
Bet he’ll lead all DBs this year in receiving. ??

IMO the best bet on the ND game is the under 49. Both teams should have great defenses and offenses tend to stutter early season.